Neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid cytology in the diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastasis

RJ Freilich, G Krol, LM Deangelis - Annals of Neurology: Official …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
… , subependymal, dural, or cranial nerve enhancement; superficial cerebral lesions; and …
suspicious for leptomeningeal metastasis with neuroimaging or cerebrospinal fluid cytology or …

The diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging and cerebrospinal fluid cytology in leptomeningeal metastasis

CSM Straathof, HG de Bruin, DWJ Dippel, CJ Vecht - Journal of neurology, 1999 - Springer
… may therefore include asymptomatic infiltration of the leptomeninges with malignant cells. …
having leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) can be very difficult. The results of cerebrospinal fluid (…

Leptomeningeal metastasis: the role of cerebrospinal fluid diagnostics

L Bönig, N Möhn, J Ahlbrecht, U Wurster… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… of brain, cranial nerve, and spinal cord involvement as CSF flow … leptomeningeal metastasis
can be established by either evidence of malignant cells in CSF cytology or leptomeningeal

Cerebrospinal fluid circulating tumor cells: a novel tool to diagnose leptomeningeal metastases from epithelial tumors

X Lin, M Fleisher, M Rosenblum, O Lin, A Boire… - Neuro …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… However, establishing the diagnosis of LM based on standard cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
cytologic analysis or MRI findings is often difficult, particularly at early stages. Brain and spine …

Cerebrospinal fluid cytology and clinical analysis of 34 cases with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

J Liu, H Jia, Y Yang, W Dai, X Su… - Journal of International …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
… and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytological features of 34 hospitalized patients with
leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) were studied. Most patients presented with signs of meningeal …

Development of a new method for identification and quantification in cerebrospinal fluid of malignant cells from breast carcinoma leptomeningeal metastasis

E Le Rhun, F Massin, Q Tu, J Bonneterre… - BMC Clinical …, 2012 - Springer
… The diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) in patients … cytomorphological assessment
of cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) and … for CSF cytology, up to 45% are cytologically negative on …

Leptomeningeal metastasis from systemic cancer: review and update on management

N Wang, MS Bertalan, PK Brastianos - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Leptomeningeal metastasis is an uncommon and typically … , and cytologic evaluation of the
cerebral spinal fluid. Therapy … cerebrospinal fluid cytology in leptomeningeal metastasis. J …

Leptomeningeal metastases in pediatrics: magnetic resonance image manifestations and correlation with cerebral spinal fluid cytology

L Porto, M Kieslich, M Bartels, D Schwabe… - Pediatrics …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
leptomeningeal metastases and correlate those positive findings with the cerebral spinal fluid
(CSF) cytology … MR image manifestations of leptomeningeal metastases from 18 children …

Detection of cerebrospinal fluid tumor cells and its clinical relevance in leptomeningeal metastasis of breast cancer

JS Lee, ME Melisko, MJM Magbanua… - Breast cancer research …, 2015 - Springer
… in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and studied its clinical relevance in leptomeningeal metastasis
(… Evaluation by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology is the gold standard for LM diagnosis. …

Leptomeningeal metastasis

MC Chamberlain - Seminars in neurology, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
… spine magnetic resonance imaging and radionuclide cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow study…
analysis in leptomeningeal metastasis does not significantly increase the sensitivity of cytology